MERLIN .lod file. The .lod
file contains the family LOD scores at each locus
and is used by FLOSS to carry out an ordered subset analysis.
The .lod file was
created by MERLIN using the pedigree, map, and data files with
the command:

Covariate file. The covariate file
gives the family covariate score for each family and for each
covariate, and is used by the FLOSS program to
order families by their covariate value.
The covariate file was created by the COV program with the
command: